USA, PA: Liquid Noise Brewing Company already open in Marysville

Perry County’s third brewery opened two weeks ago in Marysville, making noise in the craft brewing and local business scenes, pennlive.com reported on February 8.

“Last night was just crazy,” said Shawn Wirick, co-owner of Liquid Noise Brewing Company, on Jan. 25. It was grand opening weekend for the brewery at the Rockville Centre next to Dollar General.

“Our security person said there was a line outside, and we thought he was joking until we saw it,” said Wirick, co-owner with his wife Michelle.

At 3 p.m. on Friday, there were 30 people lined up for the brewery before it even opened its doors.

That’s what the Wiricks and their other partners were hoping for when they set out last year to launch the brewery and tasting room. They’ve been planning, brewing and organizing their company since 2017. They join a Perry craft-beer scene that includes River Bend Hop Farm & Brewery in Newport and Lindgren Craft Brewery in Duncannon.

In August, Liquid Noise was in the thick of renovating the space at Rockville Centre and had planned on opening sometime in the fall.

Unfortunately, there were some setbacks, Wirick said, but they were able to finish construction and have a soft-opening weekend with friends and family and other guests on Jan. 17 and 18.

“It was good, despite the weather,” Wirick said.

Dave Good is helping the Wiricks manage the bar. Good plays guitar and sings as part of the local rock band Darkside on Tap, which provided music for opening weekend. The brewery was open from 3 to 10 p.m., on Friday and Saturday, which will be its regular hours, he said. The brewery will regularly open from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

“We were packed,” Good said about the opening weekends.

That was evident from the photos the brewery shared on its Facebook page. One would be hard-pressed to find an empty seat anywhere at the bar or tables.

Liquid Noise has started out with a limited menu from their full kitchen. It offers 12 beers on tap and three in bottles.

“We’ll have a revolving tap list,” Good said. “It won’t be the same all the time.”

Head chef Mike Bates is in charge of presenting customers with food pairings for their beer. The menu includes three types of panini sandwiches, a soup, chili, and homemade cookies for dessert, as well as some side items. In time, it will change and expand.

“We’re making everything in-house. We’ll buy very few things,” Bates said, while he sliced cucumbers, stuffed them into jars full of dill and other spices, then poured brine over them all for homemade pickles.

On the other side of the glimmering, stainless steel kitchen, fresh dough was rising in pans. Bates paused his pickle production, walked over and put a few trays of dough into the pizza oven to bake. Once done, it will be used for the paninis.

Overall, it was a rockin’ opening weekend and the brewery staff hope it continues.

“We had so many compliments on our menu and staff,” Wirick said. “We want an atmosphere where you can just chill.”

09 February, 2020